peircings

[abednego]

Do methodist allow body peircings? I mean is it okay? or accepted? like ear rings nose rings, belly botton rings? And so on? What about tatoos? You guys think thats okay right?

[billychum]

I'm Methodist and I don't mind.
Billy <><

[sinner/SAVED]

Distasteful, yes.
Un-Christian, absolutely not.
(These are my personal opinions. The UMC has no stated opinion that I can find.)

[jdw4jesus]

I dislike piercings and I think they make someone look worse then if they did not have them but yes, I do not think that they are wrong, it is just that I do not like them at all!

[Celticflower]

Not my style certainly, but don't see it as a hinderance to a person's faith.

[wvmtnkid]

I don't know that the United Methodist's have an official statement on piercings and tatoos, but I don't think we would turn someone away from the church because of piercings or tatoos. I have my ears pierced twice and it doesn't seem to affect my faith or my relationship with God. But for me, that's all the piercings I want. And I am really not that much into tatoos, personally I don't care that much for them, but I certainly wouldn't tell someone they couldn't attend church just because they had one.

I work with a fellow, that in his younger days, got a pretty obnoxious tatoo on his arm. Now, 35 years later he regrets that tatoo and wears clothes that cover it up most of the time. I think that if you get a tatoo, that is certainly a consideration-how are you going to feel about it 10, 15, 20 or more years down the line.

Actually some piercings are biblical! I was preparing to teach a SS lesson on Rebekah this past summer, and it hit me that in some of the jewlery she was given, a nose ring was included! So it was pretty standard during those days to have piercings too. Not that I am going right out to get a nose ring, but it just goes to show that we weren't the first to try these things. :)

[Kokopelli]

Depends on how much they have. I have seen some women that are covered in piercings and tats that look very unattractive. Yet, I remember some of my female friends in AZ that had some extra piercings, and they were very "hawt."

In reality, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[herev]

there is no official stance that I am aware of. I have had many church members with pierced ears, and not a few with tatoos

[ClementofRome]

I am a 43 yo male with pierced left ear. I had it done in 1979 well before the current fad. I usually do not wear an ear ring any more, but do so if I am feeling frisky (or young!) :)

[ClementofRome]

In light of the body being the Temple, keep in mind that the Temple was ornately adorned! :)

[abednego]

In light of the body being the Temple, keep in mind that the Temple was ornately adorned! :)

what do you mean by this post ? --- the temple was ornately adorned? If you a christian is your life to be lived for God and for Gods glory? So i just wonder if you going to get tatoo or ear piercings are you doing it to glorify God? Are you doing it for the Glory of God?

[abednego]

Thanks for all the responses by the way!

[abednego]

In light of the body being the Temple, keep in mind that the Temple was ornately adorned! :)


What do you mean by this?

[abednego]

Are you getting piercing to glorify God? And if so how does this Glorify God?

[wvmtnkid]

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